Section 35
SEC. 35. At ports where a surveyor is appointed, inspectors shall be assigned to duty by him, subject to the orders of the collector; otherwise they shall be assigned by the collector. At ports where inspectors are required to wear uniforms, they must always be worn when on regular duty. When inspectors are ordered on special service they must wear a badge of office conspicuously displayed, unless otherwise authorized or directed. All inspectors shall ascertain whether sailing vessels coming within their official cognizance are provided with the signal lights prescribed by law, and shall report all cases of non-observance of this law, in order that the legal penalties may be enforced. Inspectors are required to send at once to the public stores all goods seized by them for violation of law, taking the storekeepers' receipt for such goods, and sending such receipts, with full reports of the case, to the surveyor. They shall not perform any private or unofficial duties or services on board the vessels to which they may be assigned, under penalty of dismissal from the service. Inspectors stationed aboard vessels are entitled to receive suitable meals and accommodations while on such vessels in the performance of their duties.